Friday, January 18, 2013

Flag Quilt

Isn't this a fun little flag quilt! This quilt belongs to Lisa and her piecing was beautiful.

I wanted the quilting to take on the elements of a flag. Stars in the corner and horizontal red and white stripes.

For the stars, I did all straight lines using a ruler as my guide.

For the red and white, I made all my quilting horizontal. Some feathers going from left to right and also stitch in the ditch and straight lines with the ruler.

I used double batting. Warm and white on the bottom and Hobbs on top. Why did I mix the two? When using the Hobbs on top, it gives it a little bit more puff...plus it's all I had for scrap batting that fit the size of this quilt. I save all my scrap batting in hopes to use it for runners and baby quilts. Bonus for the customer...I don't charge them for it.